no offence taken, I was merely joking about what era CBFS flew in When saying "we" I was referring to the CBFS-VA.Off Thread? That would be me....
Avro York - BOAC routes
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From bamuseum:
1944
The first BOAC service commenced from Lyneham to Cairo, via Rabat and Tripoli, on 20 May, operated by Avro York G-AGJA Mildenhall.
1945
A joint BOAC and South African Airways Springbok service was inaugurated on 10 November, using Avro York G-AGNT Mandalay; route was Hurn-Castel Benito-Cairo-Khartoum-Nairobi-Johannesburg.
1948
February: Start of London-Nairobi York service by Avro York aircraft
From bamuseum:
1944
The first BOAC service commenced from Lyneham to Cairo, via Rabat and Tripoli, on 20 May, operated by Avro York G-AGJA Mildenhall.
1945
A joint BOAC and South African Airways Springbok service was inaugurated on 10 November, using Avro York G-AGNT Mandalay; route was Hurn-Castel Benito-Cairo-Khartoum-Nairobi-Johannesburg.
1948
February: Start of London-Nairobi York service by Avro York aircraft
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Dan
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York Routes
What about the Berlin Airlift routes for Yorks?
I thought that they might have run from Hamburg to Berlin and return via the air corridors or perhaps from other parts of the British Sector. I am afraid that I do not know much about the Berlin Airlift but they would have been a mix of DC3s and RAF & Civil Yorks.
Could the 'M' on BOAC York route numbers indicate Military Trooping Flights? The routes do seem to go via the RAF Middle East airfields of that time.
I thought that they might have run from Hamburg to Berlin and return via the air corridors or perhaps from other parts of the British Sector. I am afraid that I do not know much about the Berlin Airlift but they would have been a mix of DC3s and RAF & Civil Yorks.
Could the 'M' on BOAC York route numbers indicate Military Trooping Flights? The routes do seem to go via the RAF Middle East airfields of that time.
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JohnWillimas
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According to the British Berlin Airlift Association, (http://www.bbaa-airlift.org.uk/) Yorks operated from Wunstorf, presumably to Berlin Tegel or Gatow.
For enthusiastic Airlifters there are the various scenery & AI packages available as BAS04*.zip from the usual places and at http://hem.bredband.net/b124329/fs04.htm.
For enthusiastic Airlifters there are the various scenery & AI packages available as BAS04*.zip from the usual places and at http://hem.bredband.net/b124329/fs04.htm.
If interested you should also visit these two pages... several others available but these are good.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/Berlin_flightsim/
http://billvons.com/bal/
http://members.lycos.co.uk/Berlin_flightsim/
http://billvons.com/bal/
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speedbird591
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As far as I remember, BOAC used to add a letter to the flight number to identify a flight which departed on a different local date to the zulu date. For instance BA34M depart Cairo 2230 Sunday 25th (zulu) but 0230 Monday 26th (local). So it usually applied to flights that departed in the hours around midnight.Garry Russell wrote:Just out of curiosity....Any idea what the "M" on the flight number signifies :think: ?
I'm not 100% sure on this (or anything, really :roll: ) but it'll do until we get a better suggestion!
Ian
